What a vivid picture you paint Ed, but there is a blanket of heat covering the mid-west too, high 90's today, no breeze, no lake, but no snow either....so bring on the heat! Enjoy your lovely lake escape.

oh Ed I really feel for you having seen that you will be over 100% today. Having lived in that humidity I would have to leave the city if I were still in the vicinity...Hope it isn't too bad for you. Thank God for the lake.Maybe you'll be camping out there;-) Take care, btw, great write!;-)
Eileen

Surprised you don't glow in the dark after your nighttime swim, and be glad that sharks are usually only in salt water, though they have been found in fresh up rivers that empty into the sea...even at the ocean, yesterday, the air was in the upper 90's and the ocean in the upper 70's, not even enough to cool ya off that much...enjoy your nighttime dips...winter is coming...Ed

Today, at noon we are already at 103 degrees - heck my glasses steam over when I walk outside. But jumping in a lake, you already cooled me down, a good day for laying in the water and not much else. We, too, are in a drought, which I think makes it seem so much hotter... great refreshing write

Ed I haven't known you that long , but
I have to say ; ' Your work is really special
and quite artisticly unique.
It's in the nineties here,.......really hot!
Really well written Ed.
Peace and real happiniess to you',
Rich Criso Suarez

Best yet ED
Now I want to swim, but can't
Took a fall an busted my butt
Scraped my knees like a kid
in the park
was just trying to keep up with my grandsons
a handful
And we have a pool in our back area
I remember those hot summer nights in New York City
As a kid we used to sleep out on the fire escape,
see we had no air, just a piece of cardboard
to fan ourselves to sleep
enjoyed your write